Retail Sales Up 0.3 Percent in January
There were $529.8 billion in retail and food service sales in January, up 0.3 percent from the previous month and...
Economy
Industrial Production Declined 0.3 percent in January
Industrial production declined 0.3 percent in January, as unseasonably warm weather held down the output of utilities and as a...
Consumer Prices Rises in January
The Consumer Price Index rose 0.1 percent in January on a seasonally adjusted basis, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor...
Fed’s Powell: Financial System ‘Generally in a Good Place’
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell told House lawmakers today that the U.S. financial system is “strong, and has been materially...
Small Business Optimism Rises, Historically Robust in January
The NFIB Small Business Optimism Index increased to 104.3, a reading in the top 10% of all readings in the...
Consumer Credit Growth Accelerates in December
Consumer credit increased at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5 percent in the fourth quarter and a rate of...
ABA Data Bank: Consumers’ Optimism About Their Finances Reaches 30-Year High
Six in 10 Americans told Gallup they are better off financially than they were a year ago.
225,000 Jobs Added in January, Unemployment Rate Unchanged at 3.6%
Total nonfarm payroll employment grew by 225,000 in January, an increase from last month’s downwardly revised reading of 152,000, according...
International Trade Balance Widened in December
The U.S. international trade deficit widened in December, growing $5.2 billion to $48.8 billion, according to the U.S. Census Bureau...
ISM: Non-Manufacturing Sector Growth Robust in January
The ISM Non-Manufacturing Index registered 55.5 points in January, 0.6 percentage points lower than December’s figure. This was the 120th...
